West Papua APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

To promote human rights in West Papua, including the right to self-determination.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
Lord Harries of Pentregarth Portrait
Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Lord Lexden Portrait
Lord Lexden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Cats
Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Sobel MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 8295.

Email: alex.sobel.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Douglas Gerrard, International Parliamentarians for West Papua

Email: office@ipwp.org

Secretariat:

International Parliamentarians for West Papua acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ipwp.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the West Papua APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the West Papua APPG

Former APPG Officers
Alex Ballinger Portrait
Alex Ballinger
Vice Chair
Labour - Halesowen
Joined: 9th October 2024
Departed: 1st December 2025
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Czechia , Tibet

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals) , Egypt

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Whitehead Portrait
Lord Whitehead
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
7 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Pakistani Minorities , Tibet , Uyghurs

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Smith Portrait
Andrew Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Oxford East
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Deben Portrait
Lord Deben
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals)

No other APPG Memberships